Combined button and fastener.



.G. W. PRENTICE, DECD.

E. F. PRENTICE'. EXECUTRIX. COMBINED BUTTON AND FASTENER.

APPLICATION man AUG.26, 1912.

1 1 '7 1 64:0 Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

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GEORGE W. PRENTICE, OF PROVIDENCE, ,RHODE ISLAND; FRANCES PRENTICE EXECUTRIX or SAID enonen w. PEENTIGE, nncnasnn.

Application iuae s'tae, 1912; Serial No. 716,998.

and fastener, that is, to a button which is provided with means for fastening or attaching the same to the fabric to which it is to be applied.

The object of the present invention is to provide a combined button and fastener in.

which the button-head will be securely held in place upon the fastener and which combined button and fastener is adaptedto be applied to the fabric by means of a setting tool without injury to the button-head.

To that end the invention consists in certain features of construction to be herein- 1 after described and claimed Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a blank for the buttonhead. Fig. 2 is a view of the fastener to be combined with said button-head blank. Fig. 3 shows the blank in section, with the fastener inserted therein. Fig. 4 is a View of the parts after the button-head has been properly shaped. Fig. 5 is a viewof the,

combined button and fastener as completed by properly bending the legs of the fastener;

Fig. 6 shows the legs or prongs of the fastener portion inserted in a piece of fabric. Fig. 7 represents the setting tool in position, the two membersof the setting tool being shown in section. Fig. 8 shows the position of the parts after the button has'been applied to the fabric by'th'e operation of the setting tool. Fig. 9 is a view of the underside of the fabric having the button attached thereto and showing the position of the legs of the fastener. Fig. 10 is a view corre-' sponding to Fig. 5, but showing the legs of the fastener bent to a somewhat different shape. Fig. 11 is a similar view showing the legs of the fastener bent to a still different shape.

1 representsa blank for the button-head, which may be formed from leather, paperboard, or any other suitable material.

2 represents the fastener which a ShQwn COMBINED BUTTON AND FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.

is formed from apiece of'wire bent in the form of a staple and comprising a Uportlon 3, substantially horizontal portions 4, 4, and legs 5, 5. Preferably the ends of the l5egs5 of the staple are beveled, as shown at a 1 The staple or fastener 2 is insertedin the. blank 1 in any. suitable manner and by cany suitable means. As shown in Fig. 3, the driving of the fastener into the blank serves to embed the U portion of the fastener within the blank, and so that when the button-head 1 is subsequently shaped andfinished the U portion of the fastener will be concealed within the-head, as shownin Fig.

'4. The projecting legs or prongs 5, 5, are

then bentinto the form shown in Fig. 5, each leg being so bent as-to provide a horizontal portion and with the horizontal portionof one leg lying beside the horizontal portion of theother leg, thereby forming what may be termed a table or abutment 6.

As will be seen, the table or bridge-piece 6 lies some distance below the underside of the button-head. The intervening vertical portions of the legs form a shank 7 for the button, and there is also formed a'spa'ce' or opening 8 to receive one member of the set ting tool.)

As will be seen, the horizontal portions .4, 4, are arrangedto immediatelycunderlie the under side of the button-head, and so 7 as to thereby furnish an abutment for the under side of the button-head, and thus prevent any downward movement of the button-head upon the. U-shaped portion of the fastener. As the material of the buttonhead is caused to overlie and is compacted above the upper end of the fastener, the

button-head and fastener are, by reason of the presence of the horizontal portions 4, 4, of the fastener, rigidly connected together and securely held in place with relation to each other; The projecting legs vor prongs 5,5,

or abutment 6, while the other member 11 is caused to underliethe freeends of the prongs. The Setting tool may be of any suitable construction, as for example, may be of pincers form comprising two members pivoted togethen Preferably the member 11 is formed to constitute a die 12 of suitable shape to act upon the free ends of the prongs of the fastener in the manner shown in Fig. 7.

' [he operation of the setting tool serves to bend the projecting prongs of the fastener. into the position shown. in Figs. 8 and 9, and to clench the same upon the fabric. i

As will beseen, the bending of the prongs of the fastener in the manner shown and described serves to provide a space or opening for the reception of one member of the setting tool, and" also to provide a table or abutmentfor such member of the setting tool to. act upon in attaching the combined button and. fastener to the fabric. By this construction, therefore, contact of the setting tool with the button-head is entirely avoided, and'thus all liability of injury to the button-head in the setting operation is prevented. bending of the prongs of the fastener in the manner shown and described also serves to provide a shank for the button, and so that when the combined button and fastener has been attached to the fabric, theunder side of the button-head will be located some distance above the. fabric, thereby facilitating the application of a button-hook and the manipulation of the same to effectthe engagement of the button with the cooperating button-hole. I

As will be understood, the prongs of the fastener may be bent in various waysv to provide both an abutment for the under side of-the button-head and a, space for the reception of one member of'the setting tool Copies of this patent may-beobtained for As will be further seen, the.

bent in curved form, and so as to provide a shank 7 of the form shown in said figure. So also the legs of the fastener may be bent in the form shown in Fig. 11, in which form each leg is bent immediately beneath the button-head into substantially semi-circular form, and so as to form shoulders 4*, 4c, and the shank 7 as shown in said figure. VJhile this form of shank does not furnish as extens've an abutment for the under side of the button-head, as do the other forms shown, it is sufficient for ractical purposes, and this form of shank has the advantage of closely resembling the usual circular shank with which buttons of this character are commonly provided.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

1. Av combined button and fastener com prising a head and projecting prongs, said prongs being bent to provide an abutment for the under side of the button-head, and an opening adapted to receive one member of a setting tool.

2. .Acombined button and fastener comprising a head and projecting prongs, said prongs being bent to provide an abutment for the under side of the button-head, and an opening adapted'to receive one member of a setting tool, one-wall of said opening constituting an abutment adapted to be engaged thereby.

GEORGEWV. PRENTICE.

Witnesses:

WV. H. THURSTON, J. H. THURSTON.

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